“OMG this is crazy but in light of the looming Google antitrust stuff did y’all realize there are other browsers out there??”
realize there are other browsers out there?
You meant search engines?
Please tell me I overlooked in the press release the link to what they are talking about.
It sounds like Firefox will have a new default search engine soon
I think that’s very unlikely; this PR was delivered pretty much word-for-word with a different partner earlier this year: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox-partners-with-qwant/
imo this is just your standard PR announcement of a partnership between two known entities which will get people talking before they forget about it
Unless they make Ecosia the default search engine in Firefox, this is worthless.
This is preparation for that in case google loses its appeal and is forbidden to pay Firefox to be the default.
Am I wrong for hoping that happens?
Idk, on one hand I get what you mean. On the other hand, Firefox going away or being monetized in more aggressive ways will not be a good thing.
Honestly, I think I would prefer the lawsuit never happened and Google kept paying Firefox. Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head for enshitification. And if google wins, it sets terrible precedent :(
That whole post they didn’t even have one sentence that clearly states what theyre doing. I assume it’s “now we’ll make Ecosia one of the default choices”.
